Macron rejected our proposal and appointed one of his allies as Prime Minister. We will not enter the government, and Macron chooses to continue his policy.Donghua Technology: Inner Mongolia New Materials, a holding subsidiary, signed a product sales contract with Yulin Chemical of Shaanxi Coal Group. Donghua Technology announced that China National Chemical New Materials Co., Ltd., a holding subsidiary, plans to sign a Product Sales Contract with Yulin Chemical Co., Ltd. of Shaanxi Coal Group, stipulating that Yulin Chemical will sell ethylene glycol and by-products produced by Inner Mongolia New Materials. The contract is from October 20, 2024 to December 31, 2025. Product prices are divided into temporary pricing and settlement price, and are priced according to the principle of marketization. From the beginning of 2024 to the disclosure date, the Company had related transactions with Yulin Chemical and its concerted parties, mainly to provide engineering services to Yulin Chemical and its concerted parties, with the related transactions amounting to 438 million yuan.Macron rejected our proposal and appointed one of his allies as Prime Minister. We will not enter the government, and Macron chooses to continue his policy.
Market News: Argentine President Milei met with Rio Tinto CEO Meloni in Rome.On December 13th, Jiangsu Securities Regulatory Bureau issued an announcement that Yan Zhen had privately accepted the entrustment of customers to buy and sell securities during his tenure in the securities business department of Xuzhou Jianguo West Road of CITIC Securities (formerly known as the securities business department of Xuzhou Jiefang South Road of CITIC Securities). In violation of regulations, she was supervised to issue a warning letter and recorded it in the integrity file of the securities and futures market.Israel pressured the Palestinian National Authority to search for militants. The Palestinian National Authority admitted on the 12th that Palestinian security forces killed a 19-year-old civilian man during an operation in the West Bank city of Jenin earlier this week. Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) accused the Palestinian National Authority of searching for "resistance fighters" and said that Palestine should avoid internal conflicts. According to Israeli media reports, the Israeli side pressured the Palestinian National Authority to intensify the search, and threatened that if the Palestinian security forces could not do it, the Israeli army would do it. (Xinhua News Agency)
Shanghai Shipping Exchange: The transportation demand of Persian Gulf routes remained high, and the market freight rate continued to rise this week. On December 13th, according to the news of Shanghai Shipping Exchange, this week, the export container transportation market in China was basically stable, and different routes were divided due to their different trends of supply and demand fundamentals, and the comprehensive index rose. On European routes, the growth of transportation demand is weak, the fundamentals of supply and demand lack further support, and the booking price in the spot market drops slightly. On the North American route, the transportation demand is generally stable, and the relationship between supply and demand is basically balanced. Major airlines push the freight rate up, and the spot market booking price rises sharply. On the Persian Gulf route, the transportation demand remained high, and the market freight rate continued to be supported by the local tension. This week, the market freight rate continued to rise. On the Australia-New Zealand route, the local demand for various materials showed signs of stabilization, the fundamentals of supply and demand improved, and the market freight rate stopped falling and rebounded. On the South American route, the transportation demand lacks the motivation for further growth, and the fundamentals of supply and demand weaken. This week, the spot market booking price dropped slightly.Nearly 30 listed companies announced after-hours that their products would be selected, and the tenth batch of centralized drug procurement (centralized drug procurement) organized by the state was opened in Shanghai yesterday. According to incomplete statistics, as of press time, it includes Fuyuan Pharmaceutical, Yifan Pharmaceutical, ST Tiansheng, Hokuriku Pharmaceutical, Haizheng Pharmaceutical, Zhongheng Group, Yuandong Bio, Kelun Pharmaceutical, China Resources Shuanghe, Sinopharm Modern, Lingkang Pharmaceutical, Xuantai Pharmaceutical, Jiuzhou Pharmaceutical, Kang Enbei, Laimei Pharmaceutical, Kanghong Pharmaceutical, Huasen Pharmaceutical, Borui Pharmaceutical, Xianzeng Pharmaceutical. Among them, Kelun Pharmaceutical announced that 12 kinds of drugs, such as sodium acetate Ringer injection, sodium bicarbonate Ringer injection and gliclazide tablets, were to be selected.BYD Lian Yubo: It is estimated that BYD will sell 4.25 million vehicles in the whole year. On December 13th, BYD's chief scientist Lian Yubo said: "Up to now, BYD has sold more than 10 million new energy vehicles. By the end of this month, we can probably achieve the annual sales of 4.25 million vehicles. " He also mentioned: "There are still some challenges in industrial development. For example, the overall anti-risk ability of our industrial chain needs to be improved, and there are still breakthroughs in chips, operating technologies, industrial software and nuclear materials. We still need to strengthen research and achieve complete autonomy and controllability."